--- In [email protected], t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think from that perspective, you would feel that everything that > happened could not have happened otherwise, that all > your 'mistakes' > in thinking and feeling were no mistakes at all, but were just all > part of the path to where you are now. How could you then have felt > sorry about anything, when there was nothing to achieve? If this is > the understanding, which comes from inside, how could you possibly > feel bad about 'being taught wrongly' or having had a wrong > understanding previously? That is what I don't get from your > position Barry. How could you complain about the past so much, > about things and experiences which are decades ago?
I'm not so much complaining about the past as interested in what seems to work well in the world of spiritual practice and what does not. At this point in my life I'm a generalist, not involved with any particular practice or tra- dition or group. I like to analyze all of them that I stumble across, and see whose practices seem to work well and whose seem to work not as well. As a generalist speaking generally :-), I'm not a fan of "knowledge" that is presented to the seeker as if it's "Truth" and a perfect description of How Things Work, knowledge that then has to be discarded and thrown away to go further. Better to tell the seeker the real truth at the outset, even if it is, "There is no answer to your question, there is no accurate description of the thing you're asking about," etc. I think that many of the things that are commonly accepted do not, and in fact lead those who practice them down long, unnecessary paths that don't lead to realization. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
